9AMinister may issue guidelines for charging library fees

9A Minister may issue guidelines for charging library fees

[Section 9A Inserted by No. 14 of 1994, s. 11 ]

(1)  The Minister may, in accordance with this section, issue guidelines for the charging of fees for certain library services.

(2)  The guidelines –

(a) are to be prepared in accordance with the criteria set out in Schedule 4A ; and

(b) may provide for any matter specified in the guidelines to be from time to time determined, applied or regulated by the Secretary; and

(c) may be made so as to apply differently according to matters, limitations or restrictions, whether as to time, circumstance or otherwise, specified in the guidelines; and

(d) are to specify the date on which they are issued.

(3)  [Section 9A Subsection (3) amended by No. 53 of 2000, s. 6, Applied:14 Jul 2000] The Minister must afford the Board a reasonable opportunity to make representations in respect of the guidelines before they are issued.

(4)  The Secretary must –

(a) cause a copy of the guidelines to be kept in the public area of each building or mobile facility from which library services are provided to the public; and

(b) ensure that any library user who wishes to do so may inspect the guidelines free of charge in that building or mobile facility.

(5)  The Secretary may cause the guidelines to be published from time to time in each or any newspaper that is published and circulated generally in Tasmania or in the Gazette.

(6)  Any person may make representations to the Minister in respect of the guidelines.

(7)  The Minister may, not more frequently than once in each 12 month period, revoke the guidelines and issue new guidelines in accordance with this section.

(8)  Guidelines are not statutory rules within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .